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Barn Theatre Inc | Augusta, MI
Augusta, MI

DESCRIPTION

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Friday, May 23, 2025

10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (C)

Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

CONTRACT

CORST

$776 weekly minimum (Cat. zz)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Barn Theatre's 2025

Season (See breakdown).

Performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, ages and abilities are encouraged to audition.

PREPARATION

Please prepare two brief contrasting songs.

An accompanist will be provided. Performers who wish to be considered for TWELVE ANGRY MEN, WHAT IS MURDER?. THE GAME'S AFOOT, or OUR AMERICAN ASSASSIN may prepare a short monologue.

Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

LOCATION

Acting Studio Chicago

10 W. Hubbard St.

Suite 203

Chicago, IL 60654

Audition room - Purple Room. Holding room - Main Lobby

PERSONNEL

Expected to attend:

Producing Artistic Director: Brendan Ragotzy

Music Director and Accompanist: Matt Shabala

OTHER DATES

Season will run from June 3- September 4, 2025.

See Breakdown for show-specific dates

OTHER

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EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.

An Equity Monitor will be provided.

Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination.

Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.

Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.

BREAKDOWN

Barn Theatre 2025 Season

TWELVE ANGRY MEN

Written by Reginald Rose

Rehearsal: May 27- June 2

Performances: June 3-8

SEEKING:

FOREMAN - A small, petty man, who is impressed with the authority he has

JUROR NO. TWO - A meek, hesitant man who finds it difficult to maintain any opinions of his own

JUROR NO. THREE - A very strong, forceful, extremely opinionated man within whom can be detected a streak of sadism

JUROR NO. FOUR - Seems to be a man of wealth and position

JUROR NO. FIVE - A naive, very frightened young man, who takes his obligations in this case very seriously but who finds it difficult to speak up

JUROR NO. SIX - An honest but dull-witted man

JUROR NO. SEVEN - A loud, flashy, glad-handed salesman type who has more important things to do

JUROR NO. EIGHT - A quiet, thoughtful, gentle man, who sees all sides of every question

JUROR NO. NINE - A mild, gentle old man, long since defeated by life

JUROR NO. TEN - An angry, bitter man, who antogonizes almost at sight

JUROR NO. ELEVEN - A refugee from Europe, who speaks with an accent

JUROR NO. TWELVE - A sick, bright advertising man, who thinks of human beings in terms of percentages, graphs, and polls

WHAT IS "MURDER"?

Written by Ken Levine

Rehearsal: June 3-9

Performances: June 10-15

SEEKING:

JEROME � Male, 20s/40s, smart, pretentious, full of himself

EUSTACIA � Female, 20s, Goth, a little weird

NICOLE � Female, 20s, intense, an influencer

KYLE � Male, 30s/40s, super smart, poised

DETECTIVE � Male, 50s/60s, somewhat officious, rumpled, and smarter than he looks

THE ADDAMS FAMILY MUSICAL

Book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice

Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa

Rehearsal: June 10- 16

Performances: June 17-29

SEEKING:

Gomez Addams, 35-55, Vocal Range: Bb2 - G4 - A suave man who adores his wife and children and takes immense pride in being an Addams.

Morticia Addams, 35-55, Vocal Range: G3 - Bb5 - She is confident and sexy with a side of dry wit. She is a strong mover (tango skills a plus!)

Wednesday Addams, 18 - 22, Vocal Range; A3 - E5 - Gothic big sister. Wednesday showcases compassion, a bit of stubbornness and strong will. She has a strong belt.

Pugsley Addams, 10 � 13, Vocal Range: A3 � F5 - The youngest of the Addams Family, Pugsley is charming and funny, ideally with an unchanged singing voice.

Uncle Fester, 30-50, Vocal Range; C3 � G4 (optional C5) - Serving as the narrator of the show, Uncle Fester is lovable, childish, enthusiastic and highly incorrigible.

Grandma, 102, Vocal Range: G4 � F5 - Fun, quirky and feisty, Grandma always has a trick up her sleeve.

Lurch, 25 � 50, Vocal Range: Eb2 � E4 - A man of few words, Lurch is the Addams Family butler. His unmistakable commanding presence is accented by grunts, moans and deliberate movement.

Mal Beinecke, 35-50 Vocal Range: C3 � A4 - The uptight and father of Lucas and cold-shouldered husband to Alice, cynical Mal meets the Addams with skepticism.

Alice Beinecke, 35 -55, Vocal Range: Ab3 � G#5 - Lucas’s mother and Mal’s wife, Alice is strongly devoted to her family.

Lucas Beinecke, 18 - 22, Vocal Range: C3 � C5 - He is optimistic and hopeful yet struggles to find the balance between his ‘normal� family and the macabre Addams. Strong singer.

SEUSSICAL

Written by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty

Rehearsal: June 17- July 7

Performances: July 8-20

SEEKING:

The Cat In The Hat, Any Age, vocal range F2-F4 - Our story's omniscient narrator, he is fun loving and enjoys rhyming. Pops up throughout the story to help the audience. Any Gender.

Jojo, 8-12, Vocal Range Ab3-C5 - The Mayor's son, he is a Who that is always finding trouble. Bright, creative, and inadvertently mischievous.

Horton, The Elephant, 20-40, Vocal Range A2-F4 - Our story's main character, he is a compassionate and gentle elephant.

Gertrude Mcfuzz, 20-30, Vocal Range F3-F5 - Horton's one-feathered-tail bird neighbor. Gertrude is sweet and timid.

Mayzie Labird, 20-40, Vocal Range G3-Eb5 - The most beautiful bird in all of the jungle. Oblivious to her self-centered ways, she relies on her talent of manipulation, and intoxicating beauty, to navigate her way through life.

The Sour Kangaroo, 25-40, Vocal Range F#3-F5 - The 'leader' of the jungle. She is loud, brassy, and stubbornly set in her ways.

Ensemble - Jungle Creatures (The Wickersham Brothers, Yurtle The Turtle, Bird Girls); The Whos (Mr. Mayor, Mrs. Mayor, General Genghis Khan Schmitz)

THE GAME'S AFOOT

Written by Ken Ludwig

Rehearsals: July 8- July 21

Performances: July 22- August 3

SEEKING:

William Gillette: 35-45, Gillette is a consummate actor who has played the role of Sherlock Holmes for years; he is much like Holmes: smart, analytical and has a compulsive need to seek honor and virtue.

Martha Gillette: 60+, Once an actress, Martha is a bit dotty and confused at times, but this shouldn't fool you; she is smart and very aware of what moves the people around her and isn't afraid to be blunt.

Aggie Wheeler: 20-30, She is a journeyman actress recently in one of William's shows; she is very attractive, and shows herself as warm, charming, kind, and effervescent.

Simon Bright: 20-30, Simon is also a journeyman actor in the same show as Aggie with William; Simon is the less experienced actor of the group, he tries hard to fit in and can be quite funny and charming.

Felix Geisel: 35-50, The company's character actor, Felix is histrionic; he is a true theatrical who has given his life for the stage.

Madge Geisel: 35-50, An accomplished actress and in William's troupe of actors doing the Sherlock series; she is a close and loyal friend to William; she is quite smart and practical.

Daria Chase: 30-45, Glamorous and gorgeous, Daria is the theatre critic everyone loves to hate; biting, witty, and utterly charming, you can't help but like Daria.

Inspector Harriet Goring: 30+, Speaks with an English accent. A bit of an enigma, seeming sharp and pointed at times and then lost and unfocused at others.

MY FAIR LADY

Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner

Music by Frederick Loewe

Based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play Pygmalion

Rehearsals: July 22-August 4

Performances: August 5-17

SEEKING:

Eliza Doolittle, 20-30, Vocal Range A3-G5. A flower girl who works outside Covent Garden. Strong willed and Cockney.

Henry Higgins, 35-60, Vocal Range B2-E4. A world-renowned phonetist of the upper-class British society.

Colonel Pickering, 50-70, Vocal Range C3-D4. A former British officer and author. Friends with

Henry Higgins and a fellow phonetics enthusiast.

Freddy Eynsford-Hill, 20-30, Vocal Range C3-F4. A young, upper class British man who falls in love with Eliza.

Alfred P. Doolittle, 50-70, Vocal Range G3-E4. Eliza's boisterous and charismatic father.

Harry, 30-70. A friend of Alfred P. Doolittle. Cockney. Gender: male.

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Jamie, 30-70. A friend of Alfred P. Doolittle. Cockney. Gender: male.

Mrs. Pearce, 40-60, Vocal Range E4-G4. Higgin's housekeeper.

Mrs. Eynsford-Hill, 40-70. Freddy's mother and a friend of Mrs. Higgins.

Mrs. Higgins, 60-80. Henry's mother.

George, 20-50. A bartender at the Tottenham Court Road Pub.

Mrs. Hopkins, 30-60. A Cockney woman.

Professor Zoltan Karpathy, 20-40. A Hungarian phonetist and former student of Henry Higgins.

HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING

Book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert

Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser

Rehearsals: August 5-18

Performances: August 19-31

SEEKING:

J. Pierrepont Finch, 18-25, Vocal Range C3-G4 - Our story's protagonist. An irrepressible, cleareyed, almost puckish hero.

Gatch, 40-60 - A sleazy executive with a penchant for the ladies.

Smitty, 30-40 - A secretary with a painfully dry sense of humor. She is a cynical, working woman who is on the lookout for a man.

Mr. Twimble, 60-75, Vocal Range C#3-E4 - He is a fussy, old-fashioned, yet loyal employee at the company.

J.b. Biggley, 50-65, Vocal Range C3-A4 - The stuffed-shirt, philandering President of World Wide Wicket. Beneath his ruthless exterior, he is a college lad at heart with a passion for knitting.

Bud Frump, 18-21, Vocal Range C3-F4 - Biggely's nephew and scheming employee. He is an arrogant sycophant who tries to advance his career by exploiting his family connections.

Wally Womper, 55-70, Vocal Range D3-E4 - The company's Chief Executive Officer and a former window-washer.

Rosemary, 20-30, Vocal Range A3-B4 - A secretary at the company who is more interested in finding a man than advancing her career. She becomes Finch's love interest.

Miss Jones, 55-65, Vocal Range Bb3-Gb5 - J.B.'s stuffy secretary who is abrupt and tough, but soft and kind to those who are good to her.

Hedy, 25-35, Vocal Range C4-Eb5 - Adored by all of the men. She may appear dim-witted, but she knows how to manipulate men to get what she wants.

OUR AMERICAN ASSASSIN

Written by Brendan Ragotzy (World Premiere)

Rehearsal: August 19- September 1

Performances: September 2-7

SEEKING:

John Wilkes Booth, 25-35. An outspoken and head-strong actor, turned violent assassin.

Abraham Lincoln, 55-65. The 16th President of the United States, Honest and Fair.

Mary Todd Lincoln, 45-55. The First Lady. Intelligent, social and assertive.

Mary Surratt, 35-45. Boarding house owner, A co-conspirator of Booth.

Edwin Stanton, 50-60. Secretary of War, Conservative and cautious.

David Herold, 20-30. Booth's accomplice, young and impressionable.

Laura Keene, 40-50. British stage actress. Independent and successful.

George Atzerozt, 25-35. German-born co-conspirator of Booth. Confederate sympathizer, weakwilled.

Lewis Payne, 20-30. Co-conspirator of Booth, quiet and introverted.

Samuel Mudd, 30-40. A doctor and tobacco farmer with a mysterious connection to Booth.

SALARY

CORST $776 weekly minimum (Cat. zz)

UNION

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